The Inn Keepers

Shirley Catterall - Proprietor

Shirley Catterall is the sole owner and proprietor of Arnold Creek Cat Retreat. She lives on site and is able to attend to the boarders at Arnold Creek Cat Retreat first thing in the morning, last thing at night and throughout the day. Shirley has a total of ten years experience working as either a veterinary technician or owning cat boarding facilities, both in England and the United States. Prior to her current work, Shirley's background was in law enforcement. She was a Police Officer in Liverpool, England for over thirteen years. She spent the last seven years of her service as a bodyguard in the Special Branch. She has provided close personal protection to members of the British royal family, foreign dignitaries and British Cabinet Ministers. Years of pampering the pompous has been good preparation for her current role as guardian and protector of your kitties.

Victoria - Care Provider

Hello! My name is Victoria Bernhard and I have been friends with Shirley and her family for many years now. I consider them to be a part of my family and look forward to many more years at the Cat Retreat. I am originally from Virginia and moved to Oregon in 2001 to pursue a career as a licensed veterinary technician. I worked at a small animal clinic in downtown Portland for a couple of years, and moved onto working in the internal medicine department at a specialty hospital in Clackamas afterwards. In 2004, I returned to college and now have a BS in Public Health. I am hoping to attend nursing school in the coming year and am looking forward to the change. I am a hospice respite care volunteer and an education bird handler (I work with the birds of prey or raptors) at the Chintimini Wildlife Center in Corvallis where I live. I look forward to meeting new faces and seeing friends I’ve gotten to know over the years I’ve worked for Shirley. My two boys, Adrock and Clyde, and I feel at home at Arnold Creek Cat Retreat and hope you do too!

Loralei - Care Provider

I have been a Certified Veterinary Technician at the same veterinary hospital for the last 18 years. Over those years I have enjoyed fostering many, many cats - from newborn kittens to adults. My favorite job at the hospital is nursing care. And I seem to have an ability to get cats to eat when they don't want to...so everyone is always coming to me to make my "Loralei's Special Gruel"!! And somehow I have been nick-named the "Cat Whisperer". Before I became a tech I was an LPN (licensed practical nurse), a nanny, medical receptionist and worked in a mental health clinic. I also volunteered at a cat shelter for a year in California and just started to help at the Feral Cat Coalition. Like Shirley, I have many years of caring for others.

Tim - Tech Support

The reason for our occassional technical hairballs - Tech Support is just too thorough and he sometimes breaks something in the process. Yet, at the same time, he's soooo good, he can quickly fix what he breaks - so far...

Tim is the person responsible for maintaining our web site, assisting Shirley with all of her computer needs, and implementing new technologies to facilitate communication with our guest's parents.